Joseph, I am not going to get into disagreements with you especially when you clearly have no issues distorting history. I was simply stating basic history that everyone knows to be true. You have followed up with the following distortions that in my eyes simply seem to be inaccurate (hopefully not on purpose). I will not follow up on your rejoinder as I have no interest in the back and forth, but will leave it at pointing out your distortions and let others make decisions as they see fit. 1. It is simply not true that Reb Shmuel was considered at the level of R’ Aharon Leib. 2. Many of the Gedolim I mentioned are not alive. I was pointing out the primary mesorah that took us to to this point. Your pointing out that R’ Aharon Leib is not alive is irrelevant. Was is relevant is that Reb Ahron Leib considered R’ Chaim to the the primary mesorah – you can disagree with this – and I can’t show you a paper that proves it but anybody that watched Gedolim for the last 15 years can attest to this. Any other insinuation is simply a dishonest distortion of history. 3. Your comment throwing out names supposedly supporting R’ Shmuel’s shitos are without merit. For example someone saying that we have act with Derech Eretz to R’ Shmuel does not provide support for his shitos. I also say we have to have derech eretz to R’ Shmuel (of course!) despite pointing out that Gedolei Yirsroel, Rosh Yeshivos, and Talmidei Chachomim from this generation and last unanimously accept R’ Chaim as the leader of this generation (even Rav Schach sent all kinds of questions to R’ Chaim and always wanted his opinions etc so many years ago). So your throwing out names is precisely what I was referring to that those desperate to promote Peleg (maybe because they some from Satmar or other similar backgrounds) are unfortunately willing to throw out names of Rosh Yeshiva that they claim support Peleg – without merit. This is simply dishonest and Klal Yisroel is smarter than that. This is what “single agenda” torah hashkofos lead to – willing to break up Achdus in Klal Yisroel to promote a particular version of anti-zionism. Is this really worth it for you. Is your particular anti-zionism version (and how to handle Zionism) your only interest that you want to promote? Are you willing to take successful united yeshivas and attempt to break them up so that YOUR version of anti-zionism get’s more adherents. What about the damage you cause?
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